From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BONKa-0002ZH-9J for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 13 May 2004 14:01:28 -0700 Received: from zrc2s0jx.nortelnetworks.com ([47.103.122.112]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BONKa-0004jx-4R for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 13 May 2004 14:01:28 -0700 Message-ID: <40A3E217.2080104@nortelnetworks.com> From: Joe Marzot MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] uml-patch-2.4.24-3 References: <200405122208.i4CM8cCe008920@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:01:11 -0400 To: Jeff Dike Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Jeff Dike wrote: > This patch contains a ton of hostfs/humfs work. > > The kernel infrastructure that was in hostfs_kern.c was made asynchronous, > cleaned up, and many bugs fixed. It was also renamed to externfs. The old > hostfs_user.c is now host_fs.c. Previously, there were a number of bugs > conspiring to make hostfs completely synchronous, so you could read a file > in, change it from the host, read it again, and see the new contents. This > is now very likely not to work. I wonder based on what you say here if two UMLs that hostfs mount the same directory and access the same file...one for reading, and the other for writing, if the first will see the updates written by the second....or maybe I am misinterpretting. ?? thanks, Giovanni ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel